Mnemonic comic for 大

Translation

dà = d + a4: big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

Mnemonic

The big (大), huge (大) robot (mnemonic symbol for 大) is working out in the ashram's bathroom (a4). He's lifting a flute (一) to which Don Quixote (d) and Neanderthal man (人) are clinging.

All translations for 大

dài = d + ai4

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

Add a new mnemonic for 大 = 一 + 人

dà = d + a4

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

Add a new mnemonic for 大 = 一 + 人

Comments

大 character breakdown

大
- 一
- 人
  - 丿
  - ㇏

yī = y + Ø1

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

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rén = r + (e)n2

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

Add a new mnemonic for 人 = 丿 + ㇏